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Internal ID UUID643ff5fd7d528517755689
Scientific name Melothria cucumis
Authority Vell.
First published in Fl. Flumin. : 29 (1829)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Melothria cucumerina Naudin Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. , sér. 5, 6: 10 (1866)
Melothria uliginosa Cogn. Fl. Bras. 6(4): 26 (1878)
Melothria cucumis var. multiflora Cogn. Fl. Bras. 6(4): 26 (1878)
Melothria uliginosa var. major Cogn. Fl. Bras. 6(4): 26 (1878)

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Arabic بويطيخ خياري

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  • Southern America
    • Brazil
      • Brazil Northeast
      • Brazil South
      • Brazil Southeast
      • Brazil West-central
    • Southern South America
      • Argentina Northeast
      • Paraguay
      • Uruguay
    • Western South America
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      • Peru

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World Flora Online wfo-0000377094
Tropicos 9201571
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:293212-1
The Plant List kew-2373101
Open Tree Of Life 5763306
IPNI 293212-1
GBIF 7317831
Wikipedia Melothria_cucumis

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